Category: Creative Shorts

"Do we need to get closer for good readings?" "No, this should be good enough." "According to the charts, the called this planet Earth. The stories say it was very beautiful." "Yes. Unfortunately, it is just a rock now." "Picking up anything interesting?" "No life, as we had assumed. We are getting an idea of …

Jon came home from school in his usual way; he crashed through the kitchen door, dropped his bag on the floor, and opened the refrigerator. And, as usual, his grandfather was sitting at the dining room table reading the newspaper. “Pipe down boy!” He would yell as Jon silently mouthed the words along with him. …

He had been swimming for months. He was certain that no one had ever made such an effort, or taken such a risk. This time, Keith wanted to see a real philosopher. They say that the real philosophers, who are way out in the deep water, are hideously distorted from how they have adapted to …

I came in the front door, put my keys in the dish on the entry hall table, and placed my briefcase on the floor in its usual spot leaning against a table leg. I had no plans to do any work, so that was where it would stay until morning. If I was planning on …

Imagine a future where the heads of Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse-Tyson are attached to robots to lead a space mission to colonize another planet. When they get there they find a pristine planet like Earth used to be. Forests, rivers and oceans all in their natural state, with no forms of intelligent life present. …

(A geopolitical perspective) A boy stands atop a small hill of dirt in an otherwise flat and grassy yard. He is set like a crouching wrestler, waiting for the next assault. There are three other boys taking turns trying to get to the top of the hill. One by one they go up the hill, …

There is a comforting rhythm to living on the beach. The surf pounding, the tide coming in and going out, the wind constantly making it’s point, and the birds racing about chattering about their business. I suppose this is why so many people stay here. It embraces us, and shields us from responsibility. However, it …

Love is more powerful than reason. So is anger, hatred, sadness and fear. In fact, all emotions can reach a level of intensity where they can twist and distort, then turn-off reason. There are no exceptions to this. The mistake that people make is to think that reason is the opposite of emotion; or that …

Emotional energy flows like water. Our individual lives are the path of a single drop, while our families are just a trickle. Our neighborhoods are creeks, our communities are streams, this nation is a mighty river, and the world is an ocean with many different currents, warm tidal pools and cold dark depths. Terror attacks, …

O, the calamity it is to celebrate suffering. Like a badge of honor. Permission to punish. Absolution of immaturity. Growth requires work that is not seen by anyone. Impossible in a society where success is measured by praise.